Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5907
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NGC 5907 - The Splinter Galaxy, Tim
NGC 5907 - The Splinter Galaxy
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NGC 5907 - The Splinter Galaxy

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NGC 5907 - The Splinter Galaxy

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NGC 5907 also called the Splinter Galaxy  is a warped spiral galaxy  about 150,000 light-years across, located some 53.5 million light years away . It is a member of the NGC 5866 Group of galaxies. This galaxy is seen almost perfectly edge-on from our line of sight. We see a very flat disk, laced with dark dust lanes. NGC 5907  has very few chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium. It contains few detectable giant stars, being apparently composed almost entirely of dwarf stars.

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NGC 5907 - The Splinter Galaxy, Tim